IT IS WHAT IT IS!
I’ve been hearing this expression for weeks now — IT IS WHAT IT IS.Followed by a shrug and a sigh. It’s pretty apparent people aren’t saying this because everything is hunky dory and coming up roses....
View ArticleAtonement?
Yom Kippur tonight. My husband will start fasting. Despite being a self-proclaimed atheist, he still observes this ritual. He says he does it to feel connected to his father, who also fasts. Way back...
View ArticleMississippi Ippississim!
When I was a kid, I loved spelling Mississippi forwards and backwards, over and over again. All those s’s and i’s and p’s! They lilted up and down, like the waves of the great river of the same name....
View ArticlePollyanna was no Pollyanna
“Don’t be a Pollyanna!” ”She’s such a Pollyanna!” Ever heard these exclamations before? Usually they refer to someone who is way too 1)obnoxiously cheerful, 2)excessively optimistic, 3)forever...
View ArticleHypochondria, Goddess of F-f-fear!
My first hypochondriacal tendency can be traced back to my twenties when I started to imagine every headache was a brain tumor. I didn’t know anyone with a brain tumor but I had heard that the English...
View ArticleN.O.M.B.
I came up with this acronym a few years ago when I was trying unsuccessfully to separate from my post-college, capable, adult daughters. They had already separated from me! But the maternal instinct...
View ArticleBitch blog?
I was just thinking about blogging. About the purpose of blogging, for the blogger. Bitch about the state of the world? Kvetch about daily irritations? Pontificate on the moral and/or politcal climate...
View ArticleRelaxing into Reality
Okay. What the heck does that title mean? In some ways, offering an explanation is contrary to its very meaning. Any definition seems like an effort to control, and that’s precisely the opposite of...
View ArticleThe Bees’ Knees and Then Some!
I live in a Honey House. Honey drips from the rafters and through the lightswitch plates. Bees have been enjoying our attic for years now and today we have finally brought in the experts to salvage...
View ArticleLooking back on 2012
Went to Europe again. How lucky I am to have been so many times in my life. Paris is now almost familiar and more picturesque than ever. I realized why they still have all those beautiful 19th...
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